This summer, about 5,500 students will complete an Outward Bound course. 5,500! We found a few other numbers that are almost as impressive. Can you guess how many students will complete an Outward Bound course by the end of the...
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Guest blogger and OB alum Zac Clancy shares how his course experience helped empower him to lead disaster response efforts in post-earthquake Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Outward Bound has, in one way or another, played a major role in my life...
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At Outward Bound, we’re lucky in the way that we hear from our students (whether it’s through online testimonials, e-mails, alumni events, facebook, twitter, etc) on an almost daily basis. The stories that we hear are what keep us inspired...
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With so many similarities and overlap, it’s not hard to confuse mountaineering with backpacking. Luckily, our instructors are true experts when it comes to both expedition terminology and explaining stuff to newcomers. Check out this video and learn the difference!...
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We love it when alumni get in touch with us and tell us about how their experience with Outward Bound has inspired them in their lives after course. Recently, we heard from Jeremy Danneman, whose Outward Bound experience and love...
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Our large family of Outward Bound alumni span the country, work in every industry and live a wide variety of inspired lives… and no matter where life takes them – it is our hope, at Outward Bound, that they hold...
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This pin story comes from Bryce Maier, an OB alum who participated in a course in the Everglades with her Girl Scout troop. She wrote: I wear my pin on my Girl Scout vest since my Outward Bound course was...
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We’re prefacing this post with a serious warning that comes from Tyler Sassaman, Outward Bound instructor and staff photographer: Eating marshmallows in volume is not considered a “safe” activity. That being said, we thought these videos of The Giant Marshmallow...
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Seventeen year-old Kristen Ewing is a 5-time Outward Bound alum. Totally unprompted, she wrote us a great letter about the impact of her courses. It turned out that she lives in New Jersey, where our newest Outward Bound Council is...
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